Ian McDonald

Ian McDonald is a BCL candidate at Balliol College, Oxford.

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A judicial ‘Plan B’? Dinah Rose QC on the Common Law in a post-UK Human Rights Act world

A judicial ‘Plan B’? Dinah Rose QC on the Common Law in a post-UK Human Rights Act world

In recent weeks the Blog has covered the latest events at which proponents of the UK's Human Rights Act 1998 (including Dominic Grieve QC MP and Sir Keir Starmer QC) have argued against its repeal. In this post, Ian McDonald returns ...
Dominic Grieve on the Human Rights Act: St Hugh’s College, Oxford—13 November 2015

Dominic Grieve on the Human Rights Act: St Hugh’s College, Oxford—13 November 2015

The Human Rights Act (HRA) is one of the most significant pieces of constitutional reform in Britain. Certain sections of the Conservative Party, though, enthusiastically encouraged by parts of the popular press, have spent much of ...